Micro-units took off as a rental trend in the Twin Cities roughly a decade ago. They are compact apartments, often railcar-shaped. Their origins are traced to high-density solutions from 1970s Japan. ...

Would you plunk down $300,000 for a studio that measures 350 square feet — about the size of two surface parking lot spaces — to live in the heart of Miami Beach? If the idea seems preposterous, micro ...

A cry for cheaper housing has pressured developers to build smaller. East End Capital’s Wynwood 25 apartment project won’t be completed for another two years — yet over 600 hopeful renters have placed ...

Los Angeles is usually a leader in housing innovation, but when it comes to welcoming “micro-units,” the country’s second largest city trails behind cities such as Seattle, San Francisco and New York.

Developers are always looking to maximize the price per square foot of each apartment unit to strengthen their multifamily investment. This is one of the reasons why micro units are so appealing to ...

Micro Luxury: Olympic Lofts in Santa Monica measure 400 square feet. Micro-units, those shoebox-sized apartments that have long been part of New York’s rental market, are making their way to L.A. And ...

As economically booming cities such as Boston, New York, San Francisco and London struggle with housing their growing populations, there is an increasing fixation on the micro-unit in the name of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The historic former Galena Hotel in downtown Aurora could soon hold over 20 micro-unit apartments, which is a new concept for the ...

New York City ranks among the top major cities in the United States in the number of rental units that are undersized, and nearly half of the units in the pipeline there are planned to be micro units, ...